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*Newsweek*:* China's Military Challenges US by Expanding Island Bases, Report Finds* China has been building new military facilities on artificial islands established in the contested waters of the South China Sea, a direct challenge to U.S. foreign policy, according to the latest report by a Washington think tank. The U.S. has long accused China of creating man-made islands in the South China Sea to enforce Beijing’s vast territorial claims, which are disputed by a number of surrounding countries. Further suspicions that China is using the new land masses to bolster its military...more »

*Turkey US Relations hit new lows- As long, long mentioned here- Total nosedive and take particular note of the time this breakdown began in earnest? 2013. Lines up so very nicely with information I’ve posted here for years and years now. Then the new "Lawrence of Kurdistan" How very fitting! Hollywood will undoubtedly make great heroic movies about this struggle.. * *Don’t you just love when Hollywood give us our history? An insanely repetitive, lie filled, history playing out in real time, right before our eyes * Reyhanli bombing- Inflaming Turks against Syrians *First the Tur...more »

The intervention of a Russian force numbering around 5,000 men has in less than 2 years utterly transformed the course of the Syrian war. The post Two maps showing how Russia changed the course of the Syrian war appeared first on The Duran.

Fighting in the rubble of the Old City west Mosul (Radio Nawa) The Iraqi forces (ISF) are making rapid gains in the Old City of west Mosul. The Federal Police claimed they freedBab al-Lakash in the south of the district, but there were multiple reports that fightingwas still going on there. Also in the south the army’s 16th Division seized Farouq 2 and Masnouriya, while the Golden Division were moving in the center and north and took Shahar Suq, Nabi jarjeesh, and Abdul Khoob. Heavy clashes were also going on in Bab Jadid, Sargkhana, Mashahj, Bab al-Bakr, Qurnish, Bab al-Baid and ...more »

When Ron Paul first ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1974 a major purpose of his campaign was to educate people regarding monetary policy. To this day, monetary policy remains a focus of Paul’s educational efforts. In a new interview at the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s Mises Weekends, Paul and host Jeff Deist focus on monetary policy, including both Paul’s critiques of current US monetary policy and Paul’s recommendations for a better system centered on sound money. Perhaps the highlight of an interview with many interesting comments is when Paul discusses the r...more »

When Ron Paul first ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1974 a major purpose of his campaign was to educate people regarding monetary policy. To this day, monetary policy remains a focus of Paul’s educational efforts. In a new interview at the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s Mises Weekends, Paul and host Jeff Deist focus on monetary policy, including both Paul’s critiques of current US monetary policy and Paul’s recommendations for a better system centered on sound money. Perhaps the highlight of an interview with many interesting comments is when Paul discusses the r...more »

When Ron Paul first ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1974 a major purpose of his campaign was to educate people regarding monetary policy. To this day, monetary policy remains a focus of Paul’s educational efforts. In a new interview at the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s Mises Weekends, Paul and host Jeff Deist focus on monetary policy, including both Paul’s critiques of current US monetary policy and Paul’s recommendations for a better system centered on sound money. Perhaps the highlight of an interview with many interesting comments is when Paul discusses the r...more »

When Ron Paul first ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1974 a major purpose of his campaign was to educate people regarding monetary policy. To this day, monetary policy remains a focus of Paul’s educational efforts. In a new interview at the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s Mises Weekends, Paul and host Jeff Deist focus on monetary policy, including both Paul’s critiques of current US monetary policy and Paul’s recommendations for a better system centered on sound money. Perhaps the highlight of an interview with many interesting comments is when Paul discusses the r...more »

Tecopa is a desert oasis about two miles south of the Town of Shoshone, CA at the very southern end of Death Valley. It sits on an earthquake fault and the water comes out of the earth hot. The photos (below) are what Tecopa looks like today. I suspect from all historical evidence that this is very much what it looked like 1000 years ago. Which is to say that man's attempt to change the place was unsuccessful by in large (note the recent history below). There's a small resort that was built up around the springs. Go or don't go. I don't want to bad-mouth anyone...but it's not the so...more »

A bouquet for *Newsnight *follows. There was a shocking report on last night's programme from Secunder Kermani about the brutal lynching of a left-wing student, Mashal Khan, by a large mob of fellow Muslim students in Pakistan. Those students believed him to be guilty of blasphemy. Kirsty Wark said the case "puts pressure on British imams to distance themselves from the country's blasphemy laws", though the report didn't expand on that side of the story and there were no follow-up interviews with British imams. According to Secunder Kermani: Most Pakistanis, religious or not, ...more »

[image: undefined] US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has said “civilian casualties are a fact of life in this sort of situation,” referring to America’s war against Islamic State. How can America in clear conscience continue to kill civilians across the Middle East? It’s easy; ask Grandpa what he did in the Good War. Civilian deaths in WWII weren’t dressed up as collateral damage, they were policy. Following what some claim are looser rules of engagement in place under the Trump administration, US-led coalition air strikes in Iraq and Syria killed 1,484 civilians in March 2017 a...more »

The week at Retraction Watch featured the tale of a scientist whose explanations for misconduct kept changing, and revelations in a big legal case involving Duke University. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: “So I confess. I do look at Impact Factors. I look at citation metrics. I even count papers.” Merlin Crossley disagrees with the […] The post Weekend reads: Why a vice-chancellor uses Impact Factors; plagiarizing principals; time to publish less? appeared first on Retraction Watch.

Courtesy of The Portland Mercury: *The Multnomah County Republican Party (MCRP) has formally decided to pair up with right-wing militia groups to run security at local events. * *The formal resolution was passed on on Monday and its text was leaked to the Mercury Friday morning. MCRP Chairman James Buchal, despite being displeased with the leak, confirmed his group approved pairing up with the Oregon Three Percenters and Oath Keepers via a resolution earlier this week: * *Proposed Resolution of Chairman Buchal: Resolve that the MCRP may utilize volunteers from the Oregon Three P...more »

Good grief! Has Donald Trump *really *just tweeted?: Crazy Evan Davis and dumb as a rock Emily are not bad people, but their low rated show is dominated by their BBC bosses. Too bad! No, no, I got the wrong end of the stick there. The US president actually tweeted: Maybe a UK politician might like to send out the *Newsnight* one though?

The Imperial Guns Are Out To Stop Trump’s Intended Friendship with Russia by https://larouchepac.com/ In July of 2016, candidate Donald Trump told a news conference that “there’s nothing I can think of that I’d rather do than have Russia friendly, as opposed to the way they are right now, so that we can go and knock […]

President Trump with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea on Friday at the White House. Credit Pete Marovich for The New York Times *New York Times: **Trump Takes More Aggressive Stance With U.S. Friends and Foes in Asia* WASHINGTON — President Trump hardened his treatment of allies and adversaries in Asia this week, pressing South Korea’s visiting leader to overhaul a landmark trade agreement with the United States a day after announcing a series of steps that angered China. Meeting on Friday with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, Mr. Trump demanded more access to Korean mark...more »

Chris Cook, reading I've been watching Chris Cook's *Newsnight *updates on the cladding/insulation issues arising from the Glenfell Tower fire and, from time to time, wondering whether to trust them or not. During his update on last night's edition I thought, "How can he be so sure?" and "What makes* him* such an expert all of a sudden?" Of course, he sounded confident and convincing and, like nearly everyone watching, I'm certainly no expert on such things myself so I decided I'd have to take his journalistic findings on trust. By coincidence, however, I come upon a blogpost b...more »

*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Just how bad would it have been? It is no exaggeration to say that for those who grew up during the Cold War, all-out nuclear war was “the ultimate nightmare.” The prospect of an ordinary day interrupted by air-raid sirens, klaxons and the searing heat of a thermonuclear explosion was a very real, albeit remote, possibility. Television shows such as *The Day After* and *Threads* realistically portrayed both a nuclear attack and the gradual disintegration of society in the aftermath. In an all-out nuclear attack, most of the industrialized world would...more »

It's Canada Day, this year dubbed Canada 150, with its own corporate brand and a carefully worded story of that number 150. We also have Canada 150+, which acknowledges that human cultures and societies have been living in what is now Canada for thousands of years. I have mixed feelings about Canada Day. First, I despise nationalism of all kinds, including the kind called patriotism. I used to make a distinction between the two (something I learned from my mother), but have come to feel that it is all the same: I am better than you because I live on this piece of land and you don't....more »

Here's a *New York Times* story about the reaction in the states to an information request from the Trump administration's vote suppression commission: *Asked for Voters’ Data, States Give Trump Panel a Bipartisan ‘No’* A White House commission’s sweeping request for the personal and public data of the nation’s 200 million voters set off an avalanche of opposition by state leaders in both parties on Friday, as officials from California to Mississippi called the move an overreach and more than 20 states declared they would not comply.... California, Massachusetts, Virginia, New York...more »

*Global Network board member Lindis Percy (Harrogate, England) at US embassy in Seoul. * Sung-Hee Choi reports: No THAAD! (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) 'Missile Defense' Lindis Percy, a UK peace activist kept one person protest in front of the US embassy in Seoul, Korea, despite police interruption. Thank you, Lindis, your persistent effort and solidarity is an inspiration and encouragement for us. Lindis Percy is a co-founder of Campaign Accountability of American Bases (CAAB), former-co-representative of the CAAB. She has been arrested around 500 times for her ...more »

A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Friday. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode, including links to further information regarding the topics discussed, here: *The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity welcomes you to Five Minutes Five Issues.* *Starting in five four three two one.* Hello, I am Adam Dick, a Ron Paul Institute senior fellow. Let’s start. *Issue one.* The Soviet Uni...more »

A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Friday. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode, including links to further information regarding the topics discussed, here: *The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity welcomes you to Five Minutes Five Issues.* *Starting in five four three two one.* Hello, I am Adam Dick, a Ron Paul Institute senior fellow. Let’s start. *Issue one.* The Soviet Uni...more »

A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Friday. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode, including links to further information regarding the topics discussed, here: *The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity welcomes you to Five Minutes Five Issues.* *Starting in five four three two one.* Hello, I am Adam Dick, a Ron Paul Institute senior fellow. Let’s start. *Issue one.* The Soviet Uni...more »

A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Friday. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode, including links to further information regarding the topics discussed, here: *The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity welcomes you to Five Minutes Five Issues.* *Starting in five four three two one.* Hello, I am Adam Dick, a Ron Paul Institute senior fellow. Let’s start. *Issue one.* The Soviet Uni...more »

*Unhappy That Religious Schools Evaluate Themselves, UK Secular Group Wants ‘Non-Partisan’ Teaching* For well over a century, religious organizations in Britain have had the right to inspect and determine how well they teach matters of faith in their own schools. Now, a British secular group is publicly questioning whether this should be done by the government instead, charging that the traditional procedure is a waste of money – and moreover does not ensure that religious education is “non-partisan.” Using freedom of information requests, the National Secular Society has found ...more »

Having given up on creating a new Sino-Russian split, the United States now seeks to use India's historic geo-political position to exploit latent tensions between New Delhi and Beijing while also trying to sour India's historically warm relationship with Moscow. The post America is trying to turn India against China….and Russia appeared first on The Duran.

If your daddy was a crooked multimillionaire who left you a bundle, healthcare isn't that complicated... at least for yourself. You just go to the doctor-- even a silly one-- and you write a check. If an incompetent and ignorant son of a crooked multimillionaire hoodwinks enough people to get elected president, healthcare gets more complicated. Who knew? All that nonsensical babble about the best healthcare, more for less and guarantees to not touch Medicare or Medicaid... all pure hot air to sucker low-info, desperate voters. And it worked. Trump acquiesced to GOP predators Tom P...more »

*The "adjustments" to the temperature record never cease* *And they are ALWAYS in the direction of showing more warming, funnily enoughThe fact that the global temperature record was showing a "hiatus" (was not showing any rise) was first pointed out some years ago by the late Bob Carter. Scorn and contempt was heaped on him for his pains. Warmists said it was just a "blip". Not unreasonably, they pointed to previous hiatuses -- such as the long hiatus of 1945 to 1975 (30 years!) -- and noted that temperature rises re-started after that.A 30 year tempera...more »

The People's Republic of China flag and the U.S. Stars and Stripes fly along Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol in Washington during Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit, January 18, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Hyungwon Kang *Zero Hedge:* *Kyle Bass Warns Of "Tectonic Shift" In US-China Relationship* Hayman Capital's Kyle Bass ventured on to CNBC this morning to drop some painful truth bombs about Trump's "drastically changed Chinese diplomacy" and China's looming "come-uppance." Bass began by highlighting what he calls a "tectonic shift" in US-China relations in the last fe...more »

This blog has been and will continue to be disrupted for another few days due to unforeseen mayhem at apartment. From Jenna Orkin *This Region Is China's Next Target For Resource Deals* *Saudi Deny Deposed Saudi Crown Prince Barred From Leaving Kingdom, "Confined To Palace* *NATO Chief Says Recent Cyber Attacks Are A Call To Arm* *'Their fictitious state has fallen': Iraqi forces have captured the historic Mosul mosque where ISIS declared its 'caliphate'* A million bottles a minute: world's plastic binge 'as dangerous as climate change' "Massive Cyberattack" Spreads Across...more »

*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva *Updated July 1, 2017: Fukushima Equals 14,783.4 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of July 1, 2017 - 2,292 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of 14,783.4 Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is still going strong, with no end in sight, consideri...more »

Our 150th birthday is not quite as ebullient as our 100th. Perhaps we were just more naive back then. The teepee on Parliament Hill reminds us that our history is incomplete. And, God knows, our future is uncertain -- because the planet's future is uncertain. Still, we have much for which to be thankful. We are a nation of immigrants who have -- for the most part -- found a welcoming home here. We still have plenty of room and bountiful resources. With those blessings come responsibilities. As I get older, my respect for Mike Pearson grows. As a young Canadian, I saw him as a man...more »

The idea of nations to the surprise of most who live in one is a modern invention. One country under God only solidified in the 17th century, and it was the cover for imperialism. Living next to the biggest myth builders of all time, its remarkable that Canada even exists at this time. For sure we were the worlds greatest pikers for failing to follow the American Dream circa 1776. We even fought and drew blood in 1812 but for what reason? I believe that the Americans were a splinter group from the Illuminati who dissenter due to what Adam Smith had to say. England just had too extra...more »

Courtesy of WaPo: *The chair of President Trump's Election Integrity Commission has penned a letter to all 50 states requesting their full voter-roll data, including the name, address, date of birth, party affiliation, last four Social Security number digits and voting history back to 2006 of potentially every voter in the state. * *In the letter, a copy of which was made public by the Connecticut secretary of state, the commission head Kris Kobach said that “any documents that are submitted to the full Commission will also be made available to the public.” * *On Wednesday, the ...more »

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:05 P.M.) – The ISIS terrorist group, after a week of retreating in the face of a relentless pro-government offensive throughout southeastern Syria, is now beginning to stiffen its defensive posture in the Syrian Badia. On Friday, the ISIS-linked Amaq media group released a video showing a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) belonging […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:30 P.M.) – Despite ongoing reports suggesting the US military may withdraw from the Al-Tanf border crossing, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed its offensive in the so-called ‘Badia’, ultimately looking to drive Free Syrian Army (FSA) back across the border into Jordan where they were funnelled across back in 2016. Over the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:07 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) – led by the veteran Desert Hawks Brigade, a well-equipped pro-government militia incorporated into the SAA force structure – has commenced its long-awaited operation to destroy the ISIS bastion in east Hama, the terrorist group’s last stronghold in central Syria. Early this morning, and in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 A.M.) – The ISIS-linked Amaq news group has released a string of images showing Daesh terrorists employing SPG-9 recoilless rifles against the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the embattled city of Raqqa. The photos were taken on Friday which was the same day that ISIS launched a powerful counterattack in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

The United States Mint will recognize the important roles that Native Americans have held within the U.S. space program with the release of a dollar coin in 2019. For 2019, the Mint's chosen theme is "American Indians in the Space Program," complementing another set of coins being issued that year to commemorate 50 years since the Apollo 11 first moon landing. "American Indians have been on the modern frontier of spaceflight since the beginning of NASA," April Stafford, director of the Mint's Office of Design Management, said at a Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee meeting, citin...more »

Raskin, a constitutional law professor as well as a legislator, has mad no bones about the fact that his House bill is an attack on Trump specifically *Daily Mail*: *Two dozen Democrats get behind bill to lay foundation for removing Trump for being mentally 'incapacitated' (but they'd need Mike Pence to agree)* * 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows Congress to set up a medical commission that could determine if a president is fit for office * The president's cabinet is also allowed to serve that purpose, but Congress has never established its own group to participate * Ei...more »

By Paul Homewood h/t Jo Nova Duke engineering professor Michael Bergin (left) stands with Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar colleague Chinmay Ghoroi (right) next to that university’s extremely dusty solar panel array. Global solar energy production is taking a major hit due to air pollution and dust. According to a new study, airborne […]

A member of the Ukrainian parliament has said that Donetsk Commander Motorola was executed on the orders of the Ukrainian regime, though he refused to name who issued the order. The post KIEV MP: Donetsk Commander Motorola assassinated by Ukrainian regime appeared first on The Duran.

Young people are drawn to socialism because they have rejected the immorality of corporatism. Conservatives should find solace in this--not ridicule it. The post SHAME on conservatives who ridicule supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders appeared first on The Duran.

*WNU Editor:* The AP clarification is here .... *Clarification: Trump-Russia Stories* (AP). This clarification is to correct numerous AP stories that pushed the story that 17 U.S. intelligence agencies believed that Russia tried to influence the 2016 election to benefit Donald Trump .... here is one example .... *U.S. Intelligence Agencies Believe That Russia Tried To Influence The 2016 Election To Benefit Donald Trump* (Salt Lake Tribune/AP). The AP is the world's largest news wire service .... and what they produced is posted by thousands of news outlets. Errors like this one .....more »

By Nancy Hokkanen Parents of children and young adults with autism know that securing enough appropriate support services can be challenging. Finding good providers and paying for your child’s education, therapy, life skills training, recreation, supervision, etc. may prove an...

Italy's northern regions are challenging a mandatory vaccine law Several regions in northern Italy are challenging a recently passed law which made 12 vaccinations mandatory for children starting at state school. "Let's be clear; we are not against vaccines; we...

Sure, he looks adorable. But then all of the screaming and flesh tearing starts. Courtesy of Alaska Dispatch: *Eleven-year-old Zach Landis will never forget the sound of a black bear bursting through the double-paned window of his bedroom late Monday.Zach said he shot upright when he woke to the crash. He saw a figure the size of a grown man in his room. In the darkness and clamor, he struggled to make out what was near the foot of his bed. He watched it scratch at the walls and climb back through the window from which it entered before he could let out a scream and figure out what...more »

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin *"12 Rules for Being a Human Being"* by Marc Chernoff "Don’t try to be perfect. Just be an excellent example of being human. Here are a few things to keep in mind: *1. Growth requires pain.* Be patient and tough, someday this pain will be useful to you. Those with the strength to succeed in the long run are the ones who lay a firm foundation of growth with the bricks that life has thrown at them. So don’t be afraid to fall apart for a little while....more »

*CNN:* *Military diet: 3-day diet or dud?* (CNN)Looking for an easy diet to lose a quick few pounds? If you're searching on the Internet, chances are you've stumbled on something called the "military diet." It's also known as the Navy diet, the Army diet and sometimes the ice cream diet, because in addition to hot dogs and tuna fish, you get to eat ice cream on all three days of the program. Smells fishy, right? Well, hold your nose. It's about to get really stinky. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor*: Hmmm .... I need to lose some weight.

These are what drove the numbers this last month: 1. Leaders' Question Time: Who Won? 2. Thank You Chuka Umunna 3. The Grenfell Tragedy is Class War 4. Campaigning in Derby North 5. Why Did the Pundits Get the Election Wrong? Another mad incredible month on the blog. Perhaps unexpected election results should happen more often? June saw this place touch over 150,000 page views. Not up there with the the wave of new left blogs but very healthy as far as my stats are concerned. It works out as the second best month ever, trailing March (which retains its record - for no...more »

I just finished Massimo Pigliucci’s wonderful book: Answers for Aristotle: How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to A More Meaningful Life. Pigliucci was born in Monrovia, Liberia and raised in Rome.[1] He has a PhD in genetics from the University of Ferrara, Italy, a PhD in biology from the University of Connecticut, and a PhD in philosophy of science from the University of Tennessee.[10] He is currently a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. https://ieet.org/images/uploads/41dGVyDVqhL._SL250__.jpg

Deadly force: A line up of A-10s at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Planes of this type will arrive in Kuwait for combat operations next week *Sandra Erwin, RCD*: *Congressional Fight to Keep A-10 Aircraft Alive Tells Bigger Story* Patching up aging airplanes is an accepted part of life in the U.S. Air Force. An oft-repeated factoid in budget hearings on Capitol Hill is that the nation’s combat pilots fly aircraft that are older than they are. As alarming as that might sound, the budget fight now unfolding in Washington suggests that the modernization of the fleet will take mu...more »

*"Variation On A Theme By Rilke"* ("The Book of Hours, Book I, Poem 1, Stanza 1") "A certain day became a presence to me; there it was, confronting me- a sky, air, light: a being. And before it started to descend from the height of noon, it leaned over and struck my shoulder as if with the flat of a sword, granting me honor and a task. The day's blow rang out, metallic- or it was I, a bell awakened, and what I heard was my whole self saying and singing what it knew: I can." ~ Denise Levertov

"Maybe I can put it another way. Life, Charlie Brown, is like a deck chair." "Like a what?" "Have you ever been on a cruise ship? Passengers open up these canvas deck chairs so they can sit in the sun. Some people place their chairs facing the rear of the ship so they can see where they've been. Other people face their chairs forward. They want to see where they're going! On the cruise ship of life, Charlie Brown, which way is your deck chair facing?" "I've never been able to get one unfolded..." - Charles M. Schulz

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:40 A.M.) – Rebel forces based in the countryside of northern Hama have breached the Russian-Turkey-Iran brokered de-escalation agreement set for the area by shelling with conventional artillery and Grad rockets the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) Zaleen checkpoint and the SAA-held town of Salhab to the southwest. The SAA has so far retaliated […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

*Robyn Rihanna Fenty* Rihanna Fenty was born in Barbados. Her mother, Monica (Braithwaite), is a retired accountant of Afro-Guyanese background. Her father, Ronald Fenty, is a warehouse supervisor of Afro-Barbadian and Irish descent. [8][9] Rihanna grew up in a three-bedroom bungalow in Bridgetown and sold clothes with her father in a stall on the street. *Rihanna and parents.* Rihanna's childhood was 'deeply affected' by her father's addiction to crack cocaine and alcohol. As a child, she went through a lot of CT scans for the excruciating headaches she suffered. By the time...more »

*Zero Hedge*: *Some Really Stupid Things Uttered By Some Really Smart People* History is littered with very smart people saying very stupid things. Here are some examples of quotes that their authors would like to take back: *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* There are some good ones here.

First off, in my opinion, Roundup is implicated in the following three major global phenomena. All are associated with proximity to application of roundup in both time and place in terms of the available meta-statistics. As well the necessary biological pathways have also been worked out. What is missing of course is an admission of guilt from Monsanto. 1 The collapse of Male fertility, first observed in North America. 2 The global amphibian collapse, easily explained by the ease in which round up is absorbed through their skins. Likely the young are decimated. ...more »

This is how and where it all must be solved. single payer has worked in all developed countries. It just does not include insurance companies whose contribution is to merely add an additional level of cost. It is easy enough to build in competition into the supplier end and that needs to be better understood. The insurance industry manages a monopoly using your own money. It is absurd. Enough. *The Single-Payer Breakthrough in California: Robert Pollin on the Economics of Universal Care * * Friday, June 16, 2017 By C.J. Polychroniou* * http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/...more »

In the real world, you can only laugh at and insult the paying customers so long before they say enough and head for the exits. It is blindingly clear that 65,000,000 Americans ignored the entire media narrative and decided on their own to support trump by going around the media to get their information. That is a really terrible business trend if you happen to own those media giants. You are really leaving half the market on the table and identifying with the less prosperous half to boot. At some point, the shoe had to drop and now they must play catch up. Trump and Trump ...more »

Cloth of Ithaca or Ithika is a Homeric reference as well or at least Ithaca is. This continues to embed this mass of material in the Egyptian Milieu. It also make this piece pre Alexandrian as well as is the bulk of this material so far. These are noted love songs. It is fascinating that they are preserved. . *CHAPTER THIRTY * *THE SONGS OF TANTALIP * *Two * *1 am one on whom the fates smile. My sister in love is the light of my life. She is the promise of love enduring, **the brazier of a love undying, the hope of joy throughout eternity. The night becomes silent, f...more »

Ian Katz Talking about Ian Katz, the *Newsnight *editor was interviewed by Samira Ahmed on this week's *Newswatch*. Viewers had complained to *Newswatch *about *Newsnight *presenters (specifically Emily Maitlis, though I'd have included Evan Davis in that too) pushing a relentlessly negative line on Brexit and being rude and aggressive during interviews with politicians such as Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom, and hairy-chested Ian was on to defend his interviewers. I've seen many an interview on *Newswatch* where BBC editors say that the BBC got it right but few BBC editors could...more »

Have you heard everyone talking about the new documentary “What the Health”? Check it out here now! Definitely food for thought! Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

The U.S. Capitol Building is lit at sunset in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts *Washington Examiner:* *Senate defense authorization bill calls for hike in ships, F-35s, Super Hornets* The Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday unveiled a $700 billion proposed defense budget for 2018, joining the House in proposing a boost in spending above President Trump's proposal. The spending in the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act includes the $640 billion for total baseline defense spending that Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., had ...more »

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest post by David Middleton Whether dismissing global warming as a hoax, questioning humanity’s role in it, exaggerating the unknowns, playing down the urgency of action, or playing up the costs, President Donald Trump and his team have served up every flavor of climate denial. Although the arguments…

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: During the last ice age, too little atmospheric carbon dioxide almost eradicated mankind Guest Essay by Dennis T. Avery Aside from protests by Al Gore, Leonardo Di Caprio and friends, the public didn’t seem to raise its CO2 anguish much above the Russians-election frenzy when Trump exited the…

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: NASA detects drop in global fires Shifting livelihoods across the tropical forest frontiers of South America, the Eurasian Steppe, and the savannas of Africa are altering landscapes and leading to a significant decline in the amount of land burned by fire, a trend that NASA’s satellites have detected…

*James Cunningham, National Interest:** I Was U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. The Military Can't Fix This Mess Alone.* *There is no guarantee that America can “win” in Afghanistan, but it is quite clear that it can lose.* President Trump’s June 13 decision to delegate authorities on troop levels and operations in Afghanistan to Secretary of Defense James Mattis set the correct and essential condition for beginning to improve security and to enhance the prospects of success in Afghanistan. It was taken in the context of doubts in some circles around the president and in the commen...more »

*John W. Whitehead* - The surveillance state is alive and well and kicking privacy to shreds in America. The post The Age of No Privacy: The Surveillance State Shifts Into High Gear appeared first on Waking Times.

On the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow Trump administration by selling arms to Taiwan and sanctioning Chinese companies ends brief friendship between Donald Trump and China's leader. The post As China’s leader comes to Russia US acts to end Trump-Xi friendship appeared first on The Duran.

*Bing West:* *Urban Warfare, Then and Now* *From Hue to Mosul, the mechanics of fighting in cities remain much the same.* A few weeks ago, the Atlantic Monthly Press released Mark Bowden’s excellent book, Hue 1968, A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam. As he did previously in Black Hawk Down, Bowden brings the reader down the deadly streets of a savage urban battle, meticulously describing the action from the points of view the participants. Currently, the roughly yearlong battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul is drawing to a close. Although a half century separates these t...more »

It's been shown that there is no hiring deficit for women in science; women have been hired far more than men for new jobs. Yet women's groups have continued to point to total numbers as the problem, as if to say older men who have been supportive of more diversity and are making it happen on hiring committees should be fired without cause to open up more jobs for women. Only the weakest candidate wants to be hired as part of a quota. There has to be a better way. read more

As we've discussed before, the alternatives to Pelosi as House Democratic leader are dismal-- or worse than dismal. David Hawkings floated a prototypical "fake news" story for *Roll Call* yesterday, Six Who Could Succeed Pelosi-- Someday. The list is ghastly-- a warning to anyone with a bit of sense, kind of reminiscent of Louis XV's warning to restive Frenchmen after the catastrophic Battle of Rossbach in 1757, when he is said to have said, "*Après moi, le déluge*." In theory, if Pelosi were to step down, her successor-- which is keeping her from retiring-- would be Steny Hoyer, ...more »

*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* Preventing a Communist victory in Korea might have been the circuit breaker that stopped World War III. Would the Cold War have been hotter? Would fifty thousand American soldiers have lost their lives? Would today’s Americans worry that North Korean nukes will land on their heads? The problem with counterfactual history is that it’s often pointless to speculate or the speculation is crazy. But a North Korean victory was more than within the realm of possibility. Kim Il-sung’s army came tantalizingly close to victory in August 1950, when its Sovie...more »

*Francis Horton, Warfare History Network* *Security, * These weapons of war need to make a comeback. No one can say the U.S military doesn’t rise to a challenge. When President Donald Trump said we need our Navy to increase to 350 ships and submarines, and then slashed the shipbuilding and procurement budget, the Department of the Navy didn’t just roll over and call it impossible. They looked at the Vietnam-era ships we still had falling apart in drydock and formulated a plan. Ideas like reactivating the USS Kitty Hawk, an aircraft carrier built in the ‘50s that has the affection...more »

*Jared Keller, Task and Purpose* *Security, Europe* The force that once ruled the waves is facing technological setbacks. At the height of the British empire in the 19th century, the Royal Navy was renowned for its military might, a global force that imbued its sailors with a special form of geopolitical pride. A British tar was “a soaring soul, as free as a mountain bird,” according to Victorian rap duo Gilbert and Sullivan. “His energetic fist should be ready to resist a dictatorial word.” Oh, how the mighty have fallen: While Britain continues to expand its naval power — most...more »

*Matthew RJ Brodsky* *Security, Middle East* [image: Smoke rises after airstrikes on a rebel-held part of the southern city of Deraa, Syria, June 15, 2017.] Assad may be hoping that another chemical-weapons attack in Idlib Province could dissuade further rebel advances. From seemingly out of nowhere, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer released a brief and ominous statement late Monday evening regarding Bashar al-Assad, Syria and chemical weapons—three things that go together like fire, dynamite and gasoline: *The United States has identified potential preparations for anoth...more »

*Paul A. Philips* - There are extreme ethical implications when considering raising people from the dead. The post Biotech Firm Claims New Medical Research Will Give Life to the Dead appeared first on Waking Times.

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 P.M.) – June has seen many changes across the battlefield in Syria, but perhaps the most notable thing to take place during the month was the Islamic State’s (ISIL) complete collapse in the northern part of the country. Starting with the provincial capital of the Al-Raqqa Governorate, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Published on Jun 26, 2017 Iran’s Leader says Palestine is the Islamic World’s key issue and that it is incumbent upon the entire Muslim community to fight Israel. In this edition of the debate, we’ll discuss the plight of Palestinians, and why their dream to be free of occupation and their homeland remains so elusive. […]

Published on Jun 30, 2017 In 2013, the new Pope, Pope Francis, said that about 2% of the priests were pedophiles. That would have been about 8,000. Yet 2 years ago, when David Knight interviewed adults with SNAP (a US-based network of survivors of clerical abuse) who had been childhood victims of pedophile priests, the […]

Published on Jun 30, 2017 Russ Verney joins Alex Jones live via Skype to break down a new video released by Project Veritas that gives a cut by cut look at the selective editing techniques used by the deceptive news network CNN. end

Published on Jun 30, 2017 Get economic collapse news throughout the day visit http://x22report.com UMich consumer sentiment is in decline as more and more people do not see the economy improving. Illinois, Connecticut and 14 other states are all facing the same problem, not enough funds and big bills, this will not end well. The EU […]

Published on Jun 29, 2017 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the end of Daesh’s so-called caliphate after the liberation of Nuri mosque in Mosul. Abadi said in a statement that the victory marks the end of QUOTE-the state of falsehood. He noted that Iraqi forces will continue to hunt down terrorists. Nuri mosque […]

Published on Jun 30, 2017 In a revealing video CNN is shown as many critics have claimed: the network is more interested in the bottom line and a political agenda than reporting real news. On this edition of the program we ask if CNN’s evidence-free war against Donald Trump is really at the expense of […]

Israeli Jets Attack Syrian Troops in Golan Heights for the 4th Time in a Week by https://sputniknews.com/ The Israeli Air Forces attacked the Syrian government forces for the fourth time in a week after Syrian projectiles fell on the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights, IDF wrote on Twitter. … The Israeli aviation attacked Syrian troops […]

Published on Jun 29, 2017 Josh Sigurdson sits down with Lord Christopher Monckton to talk about anthropogenic “global warming” and who benefits from this massive scam. The state has been given people’s money on a golden platter as they scare collective herds into being extorted and regulated to stop global warming, using the fear of […]

Bob Rodriguez: We are Witnessing the Development of a “Perfect Storm” by Robert Huebscher, https://www.advisorperspectives.com/ … In a recent quarterly market commentary Jeremy Grantham posited that reversion to the mean may not be working as it has in the past. What are your thoughts on mean reversion? – There will be a reversion to the mean. We are in a […]

CNN’s Russia Bullsh*t Starts to Unravel by Bryan MacDonald, https://www.rt.com/ First CNN lost three key staff members after it published, and then pulled, a smear piece on a Trump associate. Then the channel suffered the ignominy of an insider betraying the motives behind its obsession with everything Russian. – This week, America’s original rolling news outlet finally […]

New York Times Forced To Retract Longstanding Lie About Russian Hacking by Caitlin Johnstone, https://medium.com/ “Seventeen intelligence agencies” — if you’ve been following the maniacal #TrumpRussia coverage to any extent, you’ve heard this phrase used uncritically, time and again, regardless of your ideological loyalties. Pundits, papers and rank-and-file establishment loyalists have been unquestioningly regurgitating the nonsensical line that 17 […]

*Paul McLeary, Foreign Policy:* *Seven Days, a Gun, and a Prayer: The Pentagon’s Plan to Pacify Raqqa* Thousands of new security personnel are being trained by U.S. special operations forces to keep the peace in Raqqa after the Islamic State, but is a week of training enough? As the Islamic State crumbles, American special operations forces and their Arab and Kurdish allies have been working quietly to establish a force of about 3,500 militiamen to help secure Raqqa, Syria, according to U.S. military and State Department officials. In April, a 100-member Raqqa Civilian Council wa...more »

The US navy said it was unclear how the collision off the coast of Japan occurred [Kyodo/Reuters] *Defense News:* *Navy struggles with approach to fix crippled destroyer Fitzgerald, as investigation continues* WASHINGTON — The collision off Japan that claimed the lives of seven sailors on the U.S. Navy destroyer Fitzgerald punched a hole large enough to drive a tractor trailer through, leaving the service with the considerable task of putting the crippled destroyer back together again. The bulbous bow of the ACX Crystal left a 12x17-foot hole beneath the waterline, per three Navy...more »

It’s not every day that your favorite burger joint, or many burger joints for that matter, start carrying a plant-based burger that ISN’t just made from black beans. But that’s what BurgerFi is doing on July 3rd! (Hopdoddy Burger Bar, a small Texas-based chain, is also doing something similar by putting the Impossible Burger, another plant-based burger,

Theories which have abounded since Sean Spicer the White House spokesman 'warned' Syria against launching a chemical attack are over complicated. All the facts point to the 'warning' being part of a successful campaign to bury reporting of Seymour Hersh's story about the alleged Khan Sheikhoun attack. The post Here’s why Sean Spicer’s ‘warning’ to Assad really was just news management appeared first on The Duran.

Police guard the FSB headquarters during an opposition protest in Moscow, Russia, on March 5, 2012. REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky/File Photo *Reuters*:* Despite hacking charges, U.S. tech industry fought to keep ties to Russia spy service* As U.S. officials investigated in January the FSB's alleged role in election cyber attacks, U.S. technology firms were quietly lobbying the government to soften a ban on dealing with the Russian spy agency, people with direct knowledge of the effort told Reuters. New U.S. sanctions put in place by former President Barack Obama last December - par...more »

Courtesy of the Daily Beast: *A report on Alex Jones’ InfoWars claiming child sex slaves have been kidnapped and shipped to Mars is untrue, NASA told The Daily Beast on Thursday. “There are no humans on Mars. There are active rovers on Mars. * *There was a rumor going around last week that there weren’t. There are,” Guy Webster, a spokesperson for Mars exploration at NASA, told The Daily Beast. “But there are no humans.” * *On Thursday’s program, the InfoWars host welcomed guest Robert David Steele onto The Alex Jones Show, which airs on 118 radio stations nationwide, to talk ab...more »

In this episode, IEET Affiliate Scholar John Danaher interviews Joanna Bryson. Joanna is Reader in Computer Science at the University of Bath. Joanna’s primary research interest lies in using AI to understand natural intelligence, but she is also interested in the ethics of AI and robotics, the social uses of robots, and the political and legal implications of advances in robotics. In the latter field, she is probably best known for her article, published in 2010 entitled ‘Robots Should be Slaves’. They talk about the ideas and arguments contained in that paper as well as some rel...more »

"The dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing Orion Nebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of the night sky's most recognizable constellations, they appear in opposite corners of the above stunning mosaic. *Click image for larger size.* The familiar Horsehead nebula appears as a dark cloud, a small silhouette notched against the long red glow at the lower left. Alnitak is the easternmost star in Orion's belt and is seen as the brightest star to the left of the Horsehead. Below Alnitak is the Flame Nebula, with clouds of bright emission and dramatic ...more »

*-by Noah* Unless you are completely brain dead or completely delusional, you know that Washington is a monument to corruption on a grand scale. It’s no secret that most people, regardless of party, who go into national politics do so to hop on board the gravy train of corporate graft. That makes the few that aren’t corrupt possibly qualified for some kind of minor sainthood and/or gluttons for punishment. They are lucky they aren’t burned at the stake out on the steps of the Capitol building. Money in politics is an evil thing but the efforts of McConnell and his accomplices to ...more »

"Ceremonies work at multiple levels, but primarily they heal the mind, which helps to heal the body,” Arviso Alvord, M.D., chief of surgical services and a practicing general surgeon at Banner Health Page Hospital in Page, Arizona, near the Utah border. “Chant, song, prayer, and guided imagery are used, in an elaborate form of mind-body medicine.” Not only do these ceremonies help heal their human participants, Arviso Alvord argues that they also encourage the health of the planet. “Subsistence living and environmental sustainability principles are also found in ceremony teaching...more »

Sheen Ibrahim, Kurdish fighter from the People's Protection Units (YPG) stands on a roof top in Raqqa, Syria June 16, 2017. Goran Tomasevic, Reuters *Michael Georgy and John Walcott, Reuters:* *New conflicts threaten Syria after Islamic State defeat* RAQQA, Syria/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sheen Ibrahim's track record fighting ultra-hardline militants explains U.S. President Donald Trump's policy of arming Syrian Kurds like her as he seeks to eradicate Islamic State. It also highlights the risks. Taught by her brother to fire an AK-47 at 15 and encouraged by her mother to fight for Sy...more »

*“What If This Road”* “What if this road, that has held no surprises these many years, decided not to go home after all; what if it could turn left or right with no more ado than a kite-tail? What if its tarry skin were like a long, supple bolt of cloth, that is shaken and rolled out, and takes a new shape from the contours beneath? And if it chose to lay itself down in a new way; around a blind corner, across hills you must climb without knowing what's on the other side; who would not hanker to be going, at all risks? Who wants to know a story's end, or where a road will go?” ~ Sheenagh ...more »

"Yes, the times change with the tides; yet the tales, like the surf, sound on in familiar perpetuity and with steady repetition. In the modern era, during the great clash of civilizations currently underway, there will be no new, great and ghastly crusades. Only resistance or surrender. In America, just as her tide recedes from the world, in the end it may become Man overboard, and every man for himself. The sun rises. The sun sets. As sand through an hour-glass, or waves rolling over every shore, so too, do our journeys mark passageways through time; and, in the end, our navigatio...more »

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